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| | Pull the Pin | | | Music Artist : | | Stereophonics | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Vox Populi Records | | Release Date : | | 2008-09-09 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $12.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $12.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Soldiers Make Good Targets
2. Pass the Buck
3. It Means Nothing
4. Bank Holiday Monday
5. Daisy Lane
6. Stone
7. My Friends
8. I Could Lose Ya
9. Bright Red Star
10. Lady Luck
11. Crush
12. Drowning
Disc 21. Bank Holiday Monday [DVD][Live][*]
2. My Friends [DVD][Live][*]
3. Pass the Buck [DVD][Live][*]
4. It Means Nothing [DVD][Live][*]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 top notch
Submitted on: 2009-07-25 |
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| excellent album, comparable to the 'language sex ...', good tunes, harsh voice, rough sound, that guy kelly jones definitely knows his job |
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Stereophonics hits a home run
Submitted on: 2009-06-02 |
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| This is possibly the Stereophonics best CD yet. I've been playing it over and over in my truck. I only wish they'd start playing their music on US radio. Rock and Roll is dead in the US today. I'm so glad rock lives on in the UK. |
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a little harder than previous work
Submitted on: 2009-02-21 |
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| This album has a little harder edge than some of Stereophonic previous work. But very well done. |
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Keeps getting better and better
Submitted on: 2008-10-12 |
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Stereophonics are amazing! How this band continues to not be as popular in the US as they are in Great Britain completely baffles me. They have it all. Great song writing, soulful rock-ready vocals, tight musicianship, excellent catchy original melodies, and they rock with the best of them.
Pull The Pin further refines the approach they began on You Gotta Go There To Come Back (by far their most underrated album!!) and continued on Language Sex Violence Other, without compromising the sound they began with on their first three albums. Do yourself a favor... buy this album and their entire back-catalog. You will not be disappointed!! |
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 3.5 Stars... Decent album but several filler tracks, with so-so bonus DVD
Submitted on: 2008-10-01 |
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I am a long-time fan of Stereophonics, going back to the great first three albums, 1997's "Words Get Around, 1999's "Performance and Cocktails" (still their best album), and 2001's "Just Enough Education to Perform". The band has religiously continued to release a new album every two years, and this album, originally released in Fall, 2007, is the latest installment.
"Pull the Pin" (12 tracks, 46 min.) starts of tremendously, with the 1-2 punch of the hard charging "Soldiers Make Good Targets" and "Pass the Buck", as good as anything the band has done. It is followed by the more mellow "It Means Nothing" (1st UK single), which is Ok. However, after another hard-charging "Bank Holiday Monday" (which was released as a free download before the album was released), the album starts a downward spiral with too many forgettable songs, on e of the exceptions being "My Friends" (2nd UK single, and incidentally the lowest charting single ever for the band). Frankly, the album would have benefited from a slightly shorter running time, cutting out a couple of the weaker filler songs.
The album was re-released in 2008 with a bonus DVD, which brings 4 songs (yes, regretfully just 4) from the album, recorded at London's Wembley Stadium (indeed the band is that popular in the UK). The DVD is enjoyable, with "Bank Holiday Monday" and "Pass the Buck" in particular showcasing the band, and singer-songwriter Kelly Jones, at it's best, but why not give us a whole bunch more than just 4 songs? In all, "Pull the Pin" is not a bad album, and certainly miles better than their two previous studio albums, but it's not at the same level than the "Performance" and "JEEP" albums. |
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